Ocean Discovery – Palermo, La Valletta & Santorini

About this cruise

You won't run out of things to do on a trip this long, but you also won't feel like you have to do any of them. 11 nights from Civitavecchia (Rome) on September 4, 2028, visiting Palermo, Valletta and Santorini, with additional stops along the Eastern Mediterranean. There's a stretch of back-to-back port days, so those days are busy, but the sea days around them give you time to recharge. 4 countries (Italy, Malta, Greece and Türkiye) across the Eastern Mediterranean, each with its own character. Most ports give you about 11 hours, so you can do more than just tick off the main sights. As for the ship itself, Celebrity Ascent launched in 2023, so everything on board is still new. You can tell. 11 nights is long enough to build a routine on board: favourite restaurant, favourite deck chair, favourite people. It starts to feel like a floating village. Being shoulder season helps: golden light, comfortable weather, and shorter queues at the popular spots. 11 nights of not thinking about anything except where to eat next. That's the pitch.